Anyone buy a RoadGlide as a local cruising bike?
#12
08-28-2017 | 02:03 PM
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#13
08-28-2017 | 02:18 PM
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Just Curious how many people buy RoadGlides or any other touring model just too ride around there local area? I see a lot on the roads where I live lately with ape hangers ripping around town and on the back roads.
How do they handle with that fixed fairing? Do they feel Top heavy? Just curious. Ive always been a Softail guy. I did buy a 2014 CVO Road King but could never get used to sitting high and the Top heavy unbalanced feel of the bike. So I traded it in after a year.. Id love to get a bike like the RoadGlide Special and have the convenience of bags and everything else or maybe even the RoadKing Special But just fear it would be Heavy like my 2014 King and not good for just riding around my local area. I don't take big long touring trips.
How do they handle with that fixed fairing? Do they feel Top heavy? Just curious. Ive always been a Softail guy. I did buy a 2014 CVO Road King but could never get used to sitting high and the Top heavy unbalanced feel of the bike. So I traded it in after a year.. Id love to get a bike like the RoadGlide Special and have the convenience of bags and everything else or maybe even the RoadKing Special But just fear it would be Heavy like my 2014 King and not good for just riding around my local area. I don't take big long touring trips.
It's about personal preference, & what you can handle comfortably.
I just saw a video the other day on YouTube of a 100lb chick riding a dresser down the highway doing a full wheel stand at 50mph standing on the seat lol.
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#16
08-28-2017 | 02:34 PM
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#17
08-28-2017 | 03:14 PM
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My King as a rule, never sees the highway. In my humble opinion it handles very well in most cases. If pressed to say anything negative, that would have to be when coming to a final stop at times. However I feel this has more to do with the vertical attitude of the machine at that defining moment. Please correct me if I am wrong but this seems more like an issue with rider ability or the fact that my boots do not touch the pavement until late in the maneuver.
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#18
08-28-2017 | 03:18 PM
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I did buy a 2014 CVO Road King but could never get used to sitting high and the Top heavy unbalanced feel of the bike. So I traded it in after a year.. Id love to get a bike like the RoadGlide Special and have the convenience of bags and everything else or maybe even the RoadKing Special But just fear it would be Heavy like my 2014 King and not good for just riding around my local area.
if you didn't like the king, you won't like the street, or roadglides either.
for just local rides, and not touring, I would stick with the softy.
#20
08-28-2017 | 03:25 PM
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I use my Street Glide for everything, from running an errand to the local grocery store, to riding only four or five hundred miles. The weight doesn't concern me much, and I find it baffling that anybody would be twitterpated about using any touring bike locally, although you're right, OP...you see a lotta concerns on this forum about that issue. You can either handle the bike or you can't. If you can't, then find something you CAN handle!
I have no problem running errands around town on my 'stripper' Road King.
I spent 20 years riding FXRs prior to the RK and while the FXR feels lighter and is more nimble, the Road King is just as easy to ride and is way more comfortable to me.